Alito’s order came in response to a ruling from a federal court in Texas on Tuesday, which blocked the new congressional maps on the basis that they were “racially gerrymandered.” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily restored a controversial Trump-backed Texas redistricting plan that could grant Republicans an extra five seats in the House of Representatives. Alito’s order came in response to a […]
The suspected shooter was also reported dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Two detainees in the custody of immigration enforcement officials were killed and a third was wounded in a shooting in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday morning, according to local reporting. As reported by local news station NBC Dallas-Forth Worth, the shooting occurred at an Immigration and Customs […]
[content id=”79272″] “Republican lawmakers in Texas should be ashamed,” said one campaigner. “They are to blame for the gerrymandering arms race that we will now see across the country.” The GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of a plan pushed by US President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional map to create five […]
[content id=”79272″] “Locking Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous,” said Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. “Forcing elected officials to sign ‘permission slips’ and take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook. Texas Republicans have lost their damn minds.” Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier was forced to […]